http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5205 (May 14th, 2013. Robbie is sitting back from the keyboard, staring blankly at a job offer on the screen. He rubs the pain from his eyes. Berik walks by.) Berik: "Come to a decision, Bubba?" Robbie: "No... I..." Berik: "You know I'll follow wherever you want to go. Colorado's nice, but your mother is an absolute hoot. Talk me through it." Robbie: "All... alright. If I go back to Alaska, it'll be nice... I'll get to see my family, my friends, even my friends' kids..." Berik: "But..." Robbie: "It'll be that damned train again. The same elderly, the same people-as-boats squeezing in and out of the narrow train car stairs..." Berik: "They tip, though." Robbie: "That's not the point. That's going to be us, someday." Berik: "So? That's life." Robbie: "Not my life. Not yet. I... I can't go back to that. Not yet. Not now. I won't go back to those whitehairs. Those white walls. Those terrible blinds, that goddamned wood furniture. I..." (eyes start to well)... "Josh is the first. I can't see it happen to him. I just can't." (begins to weep) "We'll all be on the train soon!" Berik: (comforting with a hug) "Hey, hey, alright, alright. We'll go to Colorado." kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 06 Jul 2013 20:48:45 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5205 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5203 Not to drive this point home too hard, but how would it be possible for anyone to see anything on your trip from your bedroom to your basement? Also, perhaps if you installed simultaneously decorative and functional window dressing this might be a problem easily avoided? Lastly, do you really think your neighbors are that interested in you that they watch through your windows early every morning? Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:59:06 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5203 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5199 So. 139 out of 141 collectibles, after a playthrough on Normal and again on Normal+. I'll give it back to you when I see you. Yeah. Playing through it again though totally reinforces how awesome the game is. I love stealth sequences with the bow & arrow. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Cognitive Surplus Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:13:15 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5199 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5198 I'm glad you enjoyed it, and enough to start a New Game+. I considered it briefly, but then remembered it was 10 minutes until 11pm, and I had work the next day. Also, this might be the only game I'd consider if DLC came out for it (aside from Valve games, of course). kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 01 Jul 2013 18:54:19 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5198 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5197 ...the game starts off intense, and doesn't really ever stop. So true! Ugh. The entire storyline had me full of emotion. I don't remember the last time a game did that to me. @kaiden: Finished The Last of Us. I... I could use a hug. 6/25/13 10:50pm When I finished it on Sunday, I had pretty much the same reaction. Oh man. Such a great game, and great story. We need to get together soon so we can gush about this. Now I'm trying to finish a New Game Plus before E returns home tomorrow. The first few chapters are ten times easier when you're that much more leveled up. I maxed out the weapon sway perk and then also maxed out the bow & arrow - OH MY GAWD I love the stealthy sequences that much more with it. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:38:27 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5197 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5196 Equal parts body insecurity and never wanting to have the "So, could you stop flashing my kids every morning?" conversation with my neighbors. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:26:16 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5196 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5195 Never heard of this game, don't really play consoles anymore, whatever. But the real question is: why do you feel complied to wear anything downstairs to fetch laundry? I mean, impressing people with your organized clothes or vacuuming is one thing, but who are you trying to impress with your modesty? Wilber@idkfa.com (Wilber) Cognitive Surplus Mon, 01 Jul 2013 02:29:54 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5195 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5193 sorry, i didn't want to spam text you (or scrotor) as i was playing the game. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Cognitive Surplus Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:06:46 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5193 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5192 S... spoilers? kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:52:13 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5192 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5191 TESSSSSSS NOOOOOOOO Also who jacked my truck battery? bastards. edit: also, i'm a frakkin ninja with the bow and arrow. so awesome. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Cognitive Surplus Fri, 28 Jun 2013 14:33:15 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5191 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5189 Just started this game. So far, it is awesome (about 2 hours in). Can't wait to see how it goes. Then I will finish Infamous. Play Heavy Rain. And then Max Payne 1-3. That'll only take... another 5 years ;) Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Cognitive Surplus Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:35:50 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5189 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5188 E is gone this weekend. Maybe I can power through it and we can talk about it when all you guys finish your bike ride! I've been playing Prototype 2 while I've been laid up. Its as mindless and hollow as the original. Glad I bought it MONTHS after it came out so it was cheap. kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Cognitive Surplus Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:31:02 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5188 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5187 I've been making a lot of little, poor choices lately. Shining example: my clean laundry (read: underwear) is downstairs, and my bedroom and bathroom are upstairs. For some reason I refuse to rectify this, and every morning I have to furtively dart downstairs in a towel, pajama pants, or yesterday's underwear in order to collect enough items to finish dressing. Somewhat recently I bought a blender. A nice one. And I've been, well, blending, a whole lot. So much so that I really, really should have been worried about the hepatitis contamination that occurred in the frozen strawberries and blueberries from Costco. So much so that I've probably gone through two dozen bags of individually quick-frozen strawberries since April. I've dropped ~12lbs down from then. Victory comes in slurry form. Anyhow. All this to say, the first night I played The Last of Us, it was too hot upstairs to do anything. I decided to make a cool booze smoothie, and play for a few hours. I sat on my coffee table, across the room from a pile of clean underwear. I sipped, and waited for my PS3 to update. The Last of Us is an interesting game. One that I'll probably be talking about for a while, or at least, hanging it over people's heads until they play it and I can finally discuss it freely. I've described it as a combination of the game Dead Space intersected with The Road. It is hyper-violent (particularly when you die, and you die often, though it isn't a grind). It is challenging at parts, especially those that absolutely require stealth, or where you've managed to paint yourself into a corner by expending too much ammo. Having finished the game, it has left me reflective (and sleepless), much like any good book, movie, show, or game. I wonder about what's important, about what I have to do, and what matters. About what I would do if nothing mattered. Or if only one thing mattered. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Cognitive Surplus Wed, 26 Jun 2013 04:19:39 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=5187&msg_id=5187